Nuts may help prevent diabetes, suggests study
Daily consumption of nuts may help to control type 2 diabetes, and prevent its complications, according to new research.
Archives for July 12, 2011
FDA to publish new rules on how daily values are calculated
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hoping to publish new rules on how daily values on food labels are calculated this year, something that could have broad ramifications for the dietary supplements trade.
Dairy phospholipids may help stress-related memory problems: Study
Memory problems associated with chronic stress may be eased by phospholipids derived from milk, suggests a new study.
Grain fibre claims garner a mixed response from EFSA
Oat, barley and rye fibre all won positive opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for claims relating to gut health in EFSA’s latest batch of health claims decisions under article 13 of European health claims legislation.
Infant nutrition part 2: Probiotics ‘safe for most newborns’
Specific strains of probiotic bacteria could be used routinely to supplement infant formulas as a way to help prevent and manage conditions such as acute diarrhoea, antibiotic associated diarrhoea, infant colic, atopic (hypersensitivity) disease,...
SOD supplement may protect against exercise-related inflammation
A superoxide dismutase (SOD) supplement, GliSODin, may reduce levels of inflammatory markers produced during strenuous exercise, says a new study with members of the Polish National Rowing Team.
Toxicologist: FDA’s NDI guidance is entirely reasonable
Many dietary ingredients used in supplements today bear little resemblance to ingredients that were assumed to be ‘grandfathered in’ post the 1994 Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act, making a fresh safety analysis eminently reasonable if...
ABC on NDI guidance: ‘We find this problematic’
The American Botanical Council (ABC) has weighed into the debate over the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) draft guidance document on new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications.